Hanukkah 2024 Wikipedia Mahatma. While hanukkah has been connected to historical events that our ancestors experienced a little more than two thousand years ago, this text reminds us that there is also a more universal and eternal theme to our winter. Chanukah begins wednesday evening, december 25, 2024 and continues through thursday, january 2, 2025.
The hebrew word hanukkah literally means “dedication.” (in modern hebrew, a refers to a ceremony or gathering held to mark the dedication of a new home — or, a. Hanukkah is a jewish festival commemorating the recovery of jerusalem and subsequent rededication of the second temple at the beginning of the maccabean revolt.